WO1997038911A1 - Systeme de conteneur a chargement lateral modulaire - Google Patents

Systeme de conteneur a chargement lateral modulaire Download PDF

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WO1997038911A1
WO1997038911A1 PCT/IB1997/000526 IB9700526W WO9738911A1 WO 1997038911 A1 WO1997038911 A1 WO 1997038911A1 IB 9700526 W IB9700526 W IB 9700526W WO 9738911 A1 WO9738911 A1 WO 9738911A1
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Charles L. Slager
William J. Vroon
Brian E. Bouwens
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Bradford Company
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/08—Containers of variable capacity
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/38—Details or accessories
    • B65D19/44—Elements or devices for locating articles on platforms

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  • the present invention relates generally to shipping
  • Such steel racks generally comprise
  • the steel racks are specially designed
  • selves are expensive to fabricate, and generally must be specially fabricated and fitted to hold the specific parts being shipped. They are then only adequate for containing a single part type.
  • Steel racks generally comprise an open frame and
  • one part may not be readily adaptable to be reused with another
  • the rack may essentially be worthless.
  • containment system which may be tailored for shipping a particular
  • the container is retrofittable to provide a shipping container having
  • a body including a rigid base, rigid side walls coupled to
  • the container has at
  • a product grid is positioned in the body and comprises a plurality of
  • each bin faces outwardly of an open side of the container body to receive a product.
  • product grids are positioned in the container body such that two
  • pluralities of bins are juxtaposed with each other. Outside open ends of one plurality of bins face outwardly of one open side of the container body while outside open ends of the other plurality of
  • bins face outwardly of an opposite open side of the body. The inside open ends of the juxtaposed pluralities of bins are then
  • the various bins are configured such that the two
  • a product having a length greater than the length of the bin may be positioned in the bin with the flexible internal wall
  • the flexible internal wall separates the coextensive bins and allows
  • container body comprises three rigid side walls and has one side which is open.
  • the product bins extend generally the length of the container body with one of the container body rigid side walls
  • the bins face outwardly of the open side of the container.
  • a flexible side wall is removably mounted to the
  • container body at each open side of the body and covers the
  • the product support grid forming the horizontal product
  • bins is removable from the container body, such as by removing
  • the rigid base includes a mounting structure thereon along the
  • invention is a vertically accessible rigid container and may be
  • the container is multi-purpose and may be
  • the body of the container including the side walls, is
  • grid are a plastic tri-laminate construction wherein two plastic laminate panels have a bubbled plastic medium therebetween.
  • the panels and medium are polypropylene or
  • the invention may be utilized to ship elongated automobile parts normally requiring a steel rack, and horizontal
  • the container is relatively inexpensive to
  • the container is very light compared to a steel rack, thus easing the burden and costs of shipping and
  • the container may be constructed relatively
  • the container of the present invention may be fabricated with close and consistent tolerances thereby assuring
  • a finished container may be produced for a customer on
  • the invention is durable and generally rust
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partially cut away, of a
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of Fig. 1 illustrating the flexible internal wall structure of the present
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an alternative
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the container of the
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a container 10 constructed in
  • a body including a rigid base 1 2, rigid side walls 1 4a,
  • the rigid side walls 1 4a, 1 4b are coupled to the base 1 2, such as with hinge structures 1 7 and
  • the container 10 illustrated in Fig. 1 has two
  • the open sides 1 8, 1 9 provide
  • the upper edges of the side walls 1 4a, 1 4b include
  • the removable cover 1 6 may be more permanently secured to the container body, such as by bolts 24 which extend through appropriate openings 25 in the cover 1 6.
  • bolts extend into openings 26 in the side walls which align with the
  • the removable cover 1 6 will be rigidly mounted
  • Container 1 0 further comprises a first product grid 30
  • the product grid 30 which is positioned inside the container body.
  • the product bins are open ended
  • the horizontally disposed product bins 36 are positioned in the container body such that the outside open ends
  • the product bins 36 are disposed for horizontally receiving a
  • bin inside ends 40 face inwardly generally toward the center of the
  • a second product grid 42 is positioned in the container body
  • grid 30 is preferably formed similarly to grid 30 and also includes a plurality
  • the first product grid 30 is
  • respective product bins 36, 36a are adjacent to one another.
  • the product grids 30, 42 are similarly constructed and
  • Container 10 of the invention further comprises a flexible internal wall structure or wall 50 which divides the
  • walls 32 and horizontally disposed walls 34 function to contain
  • inside end wall 50 provides an amount of give within each product
  • bin 36a may be flipped 1 80 ° to provide an indentation in the end
  • the flexible end wall 50 gives or flexes in one direction
  • the product 52, 52a is shipped within the container
  • container 1 0 may be positioned proximate a station on an assembly line with
  • the flexible side wall structure 56 is preferably a durable cloth material which is abrasion
  • the sides are closed with two of the sides being closed by the rigid
  • structure 56 may be removed to provide open horizontal access to the product bins 36, 36a. While the flexible side wall structure 56 is not
  • wall structure might also be a cloth, grid or even a net structure to
  • container 1 0 is very lightweight compared to steel racks and is much more
  • the product grids 30, 42 are preferably fabricated of a
  • plastic composite material such as polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • walls are a triple laminate or tri-laminate construction comprising a
  • the product grids 30, 42 of the present invention may be any product grids 30, 42 of the present invention.
  • the container 10 of the invention may be specially designed and manufactured for a particular automobile
  • the present invention addresses such drawbacks of steel racks and thereby
  • the product grids 30, 42 are positioned in the container
  • side walls 1 4a, 14b have wrap around segments with lateral edges
  • product grids 30, 42 are further contained at the top and bottom
  • the interchangeable product grids further add to the flexibility of
  • the container 1 0 may be retrofitted for a different use
  • base 1 2 further includes a mounting structure thereon such as
  • hinge structures 62 for securing additional rigid side walls to base
  • side walls 1 4c and 1 4d may be added. In that way, a rigid
  • the invention is capable of multiple uses and reuses providing access both
  • the side walls 1 4c, 1 4d have mounting structures 64 which cooperate with
  • hinge-type structures 62, 64 may be utilized to secure the
  • the side walls 1 4a, 1 4b also preferably include latching
  • container 1 0 becomes a vertically- accessible rigid container which is often referred to as a pallet container or palletamer, due to the fact that base 1 2 generally resembles a shipping pallet and has forklift-receiving openings 69.
  • Container 10 of the present invention significantly reduces the
  • Container 1 0 provides a more desirable alternative to
  • container 10 may be retrofitted as illustrated in Fig. 4 to provide an erect palletainer with four rigid side walls. As a result, container 1 0 may be reused numerous times After container 1 0 has been
  • walls 1 4c, 1 4d may be removed and the product grids 30, 42 reinserted into the container to form the container shown in Figs. 1
  • the lightweight container 1 0 is rigid enough to be stacked
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention, container 70 is constructed similarly to container 10;
  • the product bins 72 are dimensioned to extend the entire
  • product bin 72 are formed by a single product grid 74 positioned in
  • the product bins 72 are positioned opposite open ends 75.
  • the product bins 72 are
  • the flexible side wall 56 is utilized to the close the open ends 75 as discussed above.

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  • Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)

Abstract

Ce conteneur (10), destiné à contenir un article durant un transport, comporte un corps pourvu d'une base (12), de parois latérales rigides (14a, 14b) et d'un couvercle amovible (16). Le corps comporte au moins un coté ouvert (18, 19), une première grille (30) pour article y étant placée à l'intérieur et délimitant une première pluralité de casiers à articles (36) disposés, en général, horizontalement. Ces casiers (36), dont les extrémités extérieures sont ouvertes, sont disposés de manière à ce que leurs extrémités extérieures ouvertes (38) donnent vers l'extérieur sur un coté ouvert du conteneur et ce, afin de recevoir un article à expédier et d'assurer à l'article un accès sur un plan horizontal sur un coté du conteneur. Une seconde pluralité de casiers (42) est juxtaposée à la première et une paroi souple (50) vient s'intercaler entre les deux séries de casiers afin de constituer les parois desdits casiers. Ces parois souples (50) forment un casier expansible.
PCT/IB1997/000526 1996-04-12 1997-04-14 Systeme de conteneur a chargement lateral modulaire WO1997038911A1 (fr)

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